The new document on the economy was welcomed by many Catholic progressives as timely and dismissed by Catholic conservatives as misinformed.

As the holder of the McCormick Chair in Jurisprudence at Princeton University and the founding director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, is well known for his intellectual rigor and dedication to politics. One of the nation’s leading conservative thinkers, Mr. George has unofficially advised a number of U.S. Catholic bishops on matters of politics and morals; he has also led organizations that oppose same-sex marriage as well as the sexual trafficking of women and children. President Bill Clinton appointed him to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and President George W. Bush appointed him to the President’s Council on Bioethics. In July, America spoke with Mr. George in Princeton, N.J., about more personal matters: his prayer life, his advice for young adult Catholics and the relationship between his Catholic faith and his academic scholarship.The edited interview can be found here.

"No one should go hungry, wherever they live in the world,” said the National Catholic Rural Life Conference in the first of a six-part essay series.

You said you wanted to die on a bright day

The new Maronite Patriarch cautiously welcomed the political movement’s potential for transforming the region. But warned: “We must remain vigilant.”

As flooding persisted in Bangkok, Thailand, Catholic university students and staff used a Jesuit residence as a base for relief efforts for flood victims.

“Margin Call” gives those clamoring for change on Wall Street fodder for their recriminations.